Author Archive for: Work Permit South Africa

The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is the bearer of good news for South Africans whose citizenship was unconstitutionally withdrawn: it has just launched the new Citizenship Reinstatement Portal, a first of its kind online platform that allows affected individuals to verify and reinstate their South African citizenship through a simple digital process.

South Africa recently lost two distinguished international scientists who were set to make a major contribution to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project: all due to an avoidable reason. In terms of South Africa’s immigration rules the spouse – herself a sought-after scientist was not granted direct work access under her husband’s Critical Skills Work […]

South Africa’s strides in modernising its immigration framework and particularly the progress towards direct work access for the accompanying spouses and partners of expatriates to attract foreign talent, were showcased as key highlights at the recent Permits Foundation Roundtable in Paris, France.

With a single court order, the High Court in Pretoria resolved what the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) failed to finalise for more than five years: declaring a UK-born citizen a Permanent Resident of South Africa.